Freud: Objects and Structure
- 1 June 1986
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association
- Vol. 34 (3) , 561-590
- https://doi.org/10.1177/000306518603400303
Abstract
This paper, part of a series exploring the development of Freud's object concept, deals with the concepts of objects and psychic structure in the period from 1915 to 1938. In connection with the increased prominence of object loss and hostility in his clinical material, the role of objects in the building of psychic structure via identification assumed increased importance from 1917 on. After introduction of the ego-id-superego model, Freud asserted for the first time that object choice does take place as early as the oedipal period, and interpolated the phallic-oedipal phase into his sequence of developmental phases. The prominence of structure formation through identification continued, but no new object concepts are discerned.Keywords
This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
- The Object in Psychoanalytic TheoryJournal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 1985
- The Concept of Identification in the Work of Freud Ferenczi, and Abraham: A Review and CommentaryThe Psychoanalytic Quarterly, 1985
- The Development Of The Drive Object Concept In Freud's Work:1905-1915Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 1985
- The Current Status of the Psychoanalytic Theory of Instinctual DrivesPublished by Taylor & Francis ,1983
- A Study of the Psychoanalytic Theory of Anxiety. I. The Development of Freud's Theory of AnxietyJournal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 1972
- Group psychology and the analysis of the ego.Published by American Psychological Association (APA) ,1922